As a 6th grade English teacher, you may have to explain the difference between exhilarate and exilerate to your students. These are two words that sound similar but have very different meanings and spellings.
Exhilarate means to make someone feel very happy, excited, or energetic. It is usually used with the preposition “by” or “with”. For example:
- The online tutor was exhilarated by the progress of his students.
- She felt exhilarated with the new challenge of teaching online.
- Winning the game exhilarated the whole team.
Exilerate is not a real word in English. It is a common misspelling of exhilarate, probably because some people pronounce it as “ex-uh-luh-rate” instead of “ig-zil-uh-rate”. You should avoid using exilerate in your writing or speaking, as it will confuse your readers or listeners. For example:
- WRONG: The roller coaster exilerated him so much that he wanted to ride it again.
- RIGHT: The roller coaster exhilarated him so much that he wanted to ride it again.
- WRONG: She was exilerated with joy when she saw her online tutor on the screen.
- RIGHT: She was exhilarated with joy when she saw her online tutor on the screen.
- WRONG: The online tutoring session exilerated me and made me want to learn more.
- RIGHT: The online tutoring session exhilarated me and made me want to learn more.
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